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wkmac

Well-Known Member
Shouldn't the elephant be a Boehner shade of orange?

Actually the ball holder should be a elephant/donkey hybrid, Obama Linius should be the center and the kicker is the American people. Now that IMO would be true reflection of reality!
 

bbsam

Moderator
Staff member
Is that hybrid concocted in the lab, or mated in the dimly lit sextravaganza of lobbyist funded events. Not that I want to see a video or anything, just wonderin....
 

wkmac

Well-Known Member
Is that hybrid concocted in the lab, or mated in the dimly lit sextravaganza of lobbyist funded events. Not that I want to see a video or anything, just wonderin....

Watch the video at the thread "The Tapeworm Economy" and then you tell me!

Now is that marketing genius or what?

:happy-very:
 

bbsam

Moderator
Staff member
Wk! It's 56 minutes long! Better be alot of money shots in there! That is proof of money buying off politicians and the like...not that kind of money shot! What kind of pervert do you take me for?!
 

wkmac

Well-Known Member
Wk! It's 56 minutes long! Better be alot of money shots in there! That is proof of money buying off politicians and the like...not that kind of money shot! What kind of pervert do you take me for?!

Fear is the mind killer!
 

moreluck

golden ticket member
Boehner was on TV Sunday and was not tan. It's not golf-time in Ohio or D,C. and I don't think he'll see the sun for a long time !!!
 
When a company falls on difficult times, one of the things that seems to happen is they reduce their staff and workers. The remaining workers must find ways to continue to do a good job or risk that their job would be eliminated as well.

Wall street and the media normally congratulate the CEO for making this type of "tough decision", and the board of directors gives upper corporate management big bonuses..
Our government should not be immune from similar risks.

Therefore:

Reduce the House of Representatives from the current 435 members to 218 members.

Reduce Senate members from 100 to 50 (one per State). Then, reduce their remaining staff by 25%.

Accomplish this over the next 8 years (two steps/two elections) and of course this would require some redistricting.

Some Yearly Monetary Gains Include:

$44,108,400
for elimination of base pay for congress. (267 members X $165,200 pay/member/ yr.)
$437,100,000 for elimination of their staff. (estimate $1.3 Million in staff per each member of the House, and $3 Million in staff per each member of the Senate every year)
$108,350,000 for the reduction in remaining staff by 25%.
$7,500,000,000 reduction in pork barrel earmarks each year. (those members whose jobs are gone. Current estimates for total government pork earmarks are at $15 Billion/yr
The remaining representatives would need to work smarter and improve efficiencies. It might even be in their best interests to work together for the good of our country!


We may also expect that smaller committees might lead to a more efficient resolution of issues as well. It might even be easier to keep track of what your representative is doing.

Congress has more tools available to do their jobs than it had back in 1911 when the current number of representatives was established. (telephone, computers, cell phones to name a few)

Note:

Congress does not hesitate to head home for extended weekends, holidays and recesses, when what the nation needs is a real fix for economic problems. Also, we had 3 senators that were not doing their jobs for the 18+ months (on the campaign trail) and still they all accepted full pay. Minnesota survived very well with only one senator for the first half of this year These facts alone support a reduction in senators and congress.
Summary of opportunity:
$44,108,400 reduction of congress members.

$282,100,000 for elimination of the reduced house member staff.

$150,000,000 for elimination of reduced senate member staff.

$70,850,000 for 25% reduction of staff for remaining house members.

$37,500,000 for 25% reduction of staff for remaining senate members.

$7,500,000,000 reduction in pork added to bills by the reduction of congress members.

$8,084,558,400 per year, estimated total savings. (that's 8-BILLION just to start!)
Corporate America does these types of cuts all the time.
There's even a name for it. "Downsizing."

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Also, if Congresspersons were required to serve 20, 25 or 30 years (like everyone else) in order to collect retirement benefits, taxpayers could save a bundle.


Now they get full retirement after serving only ONE term.
 

moreluck

golden ticket member
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moreluck

golden ticket member
Sometimes, I just have to shake my head. I heard on the news that congress had a 90 min. chat/hearing/debate/whatever they call it on the approval of Gen'l Petraeus. They then take a vote and it's unanimous.

Why didn't they just take the vote first....when it's unanimous, then they'd have 90 mins. to spend on the budget soultion.

Are they so smitten with themselves that they feel the need to have their names & remarks written in some book for posterity to see?????
 
I think even you can clearly see that the cartoonist chose a white congressman and a black unemployed person to further his point.
What difference does it make? There are both black and white congress members and both races unemployed. Stop looking for monsters under the bed.
 
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